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Sounds like everyone here at some point or another! I'd say to save one of those soured bottles and crack it in a year or so when you've got a lot more batches under your belt and your procedures a lot more *ahem* normalized. You'll be proud of yourself. I still have a 3 bottles of my first...

Awesome. Congrats on your first brew! Looks good

It should be fine. Only way to know for sure is take a reading. Can you see any krausen at all? I'd be shocked if properly sanitized yeast wouldn't ferment beer just from a little nap at 50 deg.

I've used Falconer's Flight to dry hop a double-IPA with really nice results. I'll be using it again for sure

Second that. Looks good. Smooth sparging ahead!

I'm on here too. Why do all of the good hops have to start with C? I like yeast because they're numbered:)

+1 for starsan. I have a spray bottle of starsan and distilled water which is good for years. Great product.

Yeast washing/rinsing is such a money saver, especially if you plan to use the same yeast type. Check YouTube, there's some great videos and it's really simple to do.

I'm always impressed and a little confused when people jump right in with an all-grain brew. Just curious - why did you skip extract? Either way, that's really impressive. Congrats and if I have one piece of advice - brew again ASAP to build your pipeline!

I'd pitch it all. I always double pitch dry yeast for anything over 1.060 in a full batch, so pitching the whole pack for a half-batch is a good idea.